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Posts tagged Humor from the RareVictorian furniture archive.

I Was Kidding ...
eBay Antiques No. 241

I Was Kidding ...

Just a quick post to make sure everyone knew I was kidding on this post about the Quervelle-attributed sofa. I tried to lather it on thick so that it was hopefully obvious that I loved the sofa and was trying to farcical

Unattractive and Undesirable Sofa at Neal Auction
eBay Antiques No. 238

Unattractive and Undesirable Sofa at Neal Auction

Pay no mind to this Grecian (scroll back) sofa in the next Neal Auction coming up in the May 3rd and 4th sale. The carved Cornucopias, incised crestrail, and seat rail gadrooning speak nothing of Anthony Quervelle and hi

John Henry Belter indestructible furniture
Best Of No. 186

Indestructible Belter Furniture

Some of you have probably read something about John Henry Belter's secretive lamination process which comprised 7-9 layers of wood, usually Rosewood. Belter steamed and soaked the thinly (< 1.6mm) sawed layers of wood